Where does “ipenpeju” come from?

ipenpeju (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ojú, from Yoruba Ọ̀run — the place of origin for all humans where souls (orí) are created, humans return to their individual ọ̀run after death. It does not represent a specific entity or location, every human has their own origin place.

ipenpeju (Yoruba): eyebrow

Definitions

  1. eyebrow

Ancestry of “ipenpeju”, step by step

ipenpeju traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ojú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaojúeye
2YorubaỌ̀runthe place of origin for all humans where souls (orí) are created, humans return to their individual ọ̀run after death. It does not represent a specific entity or location, every human has their own origin place

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yoruba
Every word from Yoruba Ọ̀run